Senior Firmware Engineer

Job description

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Senior Firmware Engineer

Crawley (RH10 9HA) - Hybrid - Relocation can be provided

We're recruiting for a Senior Firmware Engineer with a proven track record for delivering complex Firmware to lead and support product development for a wide range of land, sea and air based programmes within our Intelligence team.

Thales in the UK is at the forefront of Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) Air, Land and Maritime systems. With more than 40 years' experience developing and delivering manned and unmanned airborne surveillance systems, we are a leader in sensors, communications, mission systems and in the fast-growing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) market.

We're looking for proven experience of Firmware and/or Digital Hardware design activities. The role will offer experience over a number of different product areas, encompassing everything from product design and development through to larger scale platform integration.

Key Tasks

• Decomposition and interpretation of system requirements & algorithms
• Lead design and development of firmware using Hardware Description Languages or High Level Synthesis Languages
• Verify firmware using Hardware Description languages or Hardware Verification Languages
• Integration of firmware on the target hardware
• Test, measurement, debug and verification (digital)
• Design Assurance (Complex Electronics)
• Technical assistance to production

Skills, knowledge and experience required

A relevant degree or equivalent in relevant engineering discipline (Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Electronic, or Communications),.

• Digital electronic design in hardware development language (VHDL)
• Digital Signal Processing techniques
• Knowledge of RF processing techniques would be advantageous
• An excellent understanding of the fundamentals of High speed digital design
• A working knowledge of Signal Integrity Issues
• A working knowledge of Microprocessors, programmable devices, DSP, FPGA, memory
• Knowledge of PCB design constraints
• CAD tools: Xilinx experience would be highly advantageous, Mentor HDL Designer for VHDL entry, Mentor Graphics ModelSim for Verification.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Airborne Electronic Hardware
• Product development experience for commercial markets

Security Clearance Statement

Due to the nature of the work and the security clearance level required, Candidates needs to be sole UK national or hold Dual-nationality as a minimum.

What we can offer

We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribute, private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

The Work Environment

At Thales, we believe in flexible SMART working and have the expectation this role will be delivered through a combination of remote and office based collaborative working. When working in the office, you will be based at the largest Thales site in the UK, featuring access to a wide variety of resources including manufacturing, environmental and electromagnetic test facilities and specialised laboratories. The modern site includes a subsidised restaurant, a café, break out spaces, bicycle storage facilities and more

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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